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Put On the Whole Armor of God

Representative Text

1 Gird thy loins up, Christian soldier;
Lo! thy Captain calls thee out;
Let the danger make thee bolder;
War in weakness, dare in doubt.
Buckle on thy heavenly armour;
Patch up no inglorious peace;
Let thy courage wax the warmer,
As thy foes and fears increase.

2 Bind thy golden girdle round thee,
Truth to keep thee firm and tight;
Never shall the foe confound thee,
While the truth maintains thy fight.
Righteousness within thee rooted
May appear to take thy part;
But let righteousness imputed
Be the breastplate of thy heart.

3 Shod with gospel-preparation,
In the paths of promise tread;
Let the hope of free salvation,
As a helmet, guard thy head.
When beset with various evils,
Wield the Spirit’s two-edged sword,
Cut thy way through hosts of devils,
While they fall before the Word.

4 But when dangers closer threaten,
And thy soul draws near to death;
When assaulted sore by Satan,
Then object the shield of faith;
Fiery darts of fierce temptations,
Intercepted by thy God,
There shall lose their force in patience,
Sheathed in love, and quenched in blood.

5 Though to speak thou be not able,
Always pray and never rest;
Prayer’s a weapon for the feeble;
Weakest souls can wield it best.
Ever on thy Captain calling,
Make thy worst condition known;
He shall hold thee up when falling,
Or shall lift thee up when down.


Source: A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship. In four parts (10th ed.) (Gadsby's Hymns) #270

Author: Josiah Hart

Hart, Joseph, was born in London in 1712. His early life is involved in obscurity. His education was fairly good; and from the testimony of his brother-in-law, and successor in the ministry in Jewin Street, the Rev. John Hughes, "his civil calling was" for some time "that of a teacher of the learned languages." His early life, according to his own Experience which he prefaced to his Hymns, was a curious mixture of loose conduct, serious conviction of sin, and endeavours after amendment of life, and not until Whitsuntide, 1757, did he realize a permanent change, which was brought about mainly through his attending divine service at the Moravian Chapel, in Fetter Lane, London, and hearing a sermon on Rev. iii. 10. During the next two years ma… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Gird thy loins up, Christian soldier
Title: Put On the Whole Armor of God
Author: Josiah Hart
Meter: 8.7.8.7 D
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

RIPLEY (Gregorian)

RIPLEY, composed in 1839, comes from the prolific pen of Lowell Mason (PHH 96), the great American promoter and publisher of school, choral, and congregational music. The tune title, assigned later, presumably honors George Ripley (1802-1889), the famous New York literary critic and transcendentalis…

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A Choice Collection of Hymns, in which are some never before printed #CXXXII

A New and Beautiful Collection of Select Hymns and Spiritual Songs #d94

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A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship. In four parts (10th ed.) (Gadsby's Hymns) #270

A Selection of Hymns, from Various Authors #d108

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Baptist Hymn Book #aB68

Blessed Refuge #11

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Dupuy's Hymns and Spiritual Songs (Rev. corr. and enl.) #283

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Evangelical Hymns #498

Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Selected and Original. 7th ed. #d136

Hymns, etc. composed on various subjects #137

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Hymns, etc. #S29

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Hymns #137

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The Baptist Hymn Book #B68

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The Christian Harmonist #236

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The Churchman's Treasury of Song #361

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The Cluster of Spiritual Songs, Divine Hymns and Sacred Poems #DLXV

The Dover Selection of Spiritual Songs #d82

The Dover Selection of Spiritual Songs, with an Appendix of Choice Hymns #d79

The Good Old Songs #d158

The Good Old Songs #638

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The Harp #641

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The Harp. 2nd ed. #a641

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The Latest Collection of Original and Select Hymns and Spiritual Songs #190

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